RESEARCH INTO OTHER MUSIC VIDEOS

In this lesson, we looked at other music videos to get ideas for setting and location, camera movements, angles and a storyline or layout for the video.
As a class we watched and discussed three different videos. These were:

• Glad you Came (The Wanted) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ggzxInyzVE&ob=av2n

                        The new hit from the Wanted, Glad you came, is a video set in Ibizia, that involves lot of fun and a typical boys holiday experience.

This video doesn't have a narrative, but shows many shots of ibizia, the band mates and other people including young women. In a way, this infact does have some relation to the song.

The video is good because it is fun. Its showing a fun holiday that everyone wants to experience. There are many different shots used in this video and at the beginning of the video they use text to introdue the video aswell as a Long shot.

• Moves like Jagger (Maroon Five) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEPTlhBmwRg&ob=av3n

This video has manu different characters and is a mixture of setting in the past and the present. The beginning of the video is black and white coloured, representing a older setting and shows the setting up of a performance.
The video then cuts between the band members and the 'performance' that is happening with people from the past to create the show.

In this video, there are many different shots and the video has a quick pace because of this. This is good because it is good for the song which is upbeat and suits the music.

• I wanna Dance with somebody (Whitney Houston) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3giaIzONA

This song by Whitney Houston is an old, popular song. The music video is split between a Whitney singing the song lyrics and other images related to the song. The shot shown on the left is from the beginning of the video. At the beginning and end, the shots are black and white and show a live show being presented. This video doesnt show a narrative but does include black and white shots representing the preparation of a show/performance.
There is a wide range of camera shots and angles used including mid shots, close shots and high angle shots. The artist is also featured throughout the video.

• Wake me up before you go go (Wham!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A&ob=av2e

This is a gif taken from the Wake me up before you go go by wham. This is a old but very popular song. The song for this video is very upbeat , so they have used a performance to represent the video. As you can see, many different shot types, angles and movements are used to show the best of the 'live' performance that is trying to be portrayed.

The beat is up tempo and this video is ideal for the music. There are many people in this video, including the band, backing singers and the crowd. This is very good for the music video because it creates the atmosphere of a live performance.